MC
MC
Quotes
Vocab
Idioms
100
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Johnny’s mood when he wrote the
letter was
A. peaceful
B. restless
C. aggressive
D. regretful
Peaceful
What does the word fuzz mean ?
A. pet
B. gun
C. police
D. cigarette
Police
Which of the following points was not
made in Johnny’s letter?
A. There is still good in the world.
B. He forgives his mother and
father.
C. He didn’t mind having to die
for those kids.
D. Pony can make it in life if he
wants to.
He forgives his mother and father.
Why did Johnny want Dally to watch a
sunset.
A. He knows Dally is a nature lover
at heart.
B. He wanted Dally to spend time
with Cherry.
C. Johnny thought sunsets
represented hope and good.
D. He wanted Pony and Dally to be
best friends.
Johnny thought sunsets represented hope
and good.
Why was Pony upset about getting a hair
cut?
A. It was painful for him when Johnny
cut it.
B. It took him a long time to grow it
and his hair symbolized him as a
greaser.
C. It was not cut short enough. He
wanted it shaved.
D. It was cut unevenly.
It took him a long time to grow it and his
hair symbolized him as a greaser.
What were Johnny’s last words to
Ponyboy?
A. I’ll miss you little buddy.
B. I don’t want to die, Ponyboy.
C. Tell Dally that I’ll miss him.
D. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.
Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.
What did Johnny mean by “Stay gold,
Ponyboy. Stay gold.”
A. Don’t change. Continue to enjoy reading,
learning, and watching sunsets. Don’t get
tough.
B. Stay young and don’t ever get old.
C. Be tough and you won’t get hurt.
D. Keep writing stories and books because it
makes you gold.
Don’t change. Continue to enjoy reading,
learning, and watching sunsets. Don’t get
tough.
Why did Dally aim an unloaded gun at the
police?
A. He was playing a game with them and he
didn’t think they would shoot him.
B. Dally wanted to die because he lost
everything that he had, Johnny.
C. He wanted to kill the police officers
because Johnny had just died.
D. He was defending himself because the
police had pointed their guns at him first.
Dally wanted to die because he lost
everything that he had, Johnny.
How are the Socs and the Greasers alike?
A. They are the same social class.
B. They both hate school and drop out before
they graduate.
C. Both groups like violence and killing.
D. Their lives are not perfect. They both have
their own sets of problems.
Their lives are not perfect. They
both have their own sets of
problems.
How does Johnny interpret the poem
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”?
A. He says that the poem is about nature and
the changing of the seasons.
B. He says it is about gang violence and how
you have to fight for what is right.
C. He says that when you are young, things
are new. It’s only when you get older that you
get used to everything.
D. He says that he doesn’t understand the
meaning of the poem, but he likes it.
He says that when you are young,
things are new. It’s only when you
get older that you get used to
everything.
Define premonition
An early warning or feeling
something is going to happen
Define indignant
Angry because of injustice
Define ornery
Bad-tempered and combative;
stubborn
Define shanghaiing
Tricking someone into doing
something
Define rueful
Feeling or showing sorrow or pity;
mournful
We have troubles you’ve never
even heard of. You want to know
something?...Things are rough all
over.
Cherry
You’d better wise up, Pony… you
get tough like me and you don’t get
hurt.
Dally
He just took the sentence without
battin’ one eye or even denyin’ it.
That’s gallant.
Johnny
I’m sick of it because it doesn’t do
any good. You can’t win, you know
that, don’t you?
Randy
It’s just… I can’t stand to hear y’all
fight. Sometimes… I just have to get
out or… it’s like I’m the
middleman…
Soda
Lone it
Go alone
Tight knit
Very close (relationships)
Lift a hubcap
Steal a hubcap
Gets drunk on plain living
Enjoys life
JD
Juvenile delinquent